The federal authorities said Tuesday that they have accused the two main leaders of a Mexican drug sign and offer rewards of up to $ 8 million for information that leads to their capture and conviction.
Johnny Huerado Olascoaga and José Alfredo Huerado Olascoaga, are accused of participating in a conspiracy to manufacture cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl and import and distribute drugs, authority. Authority. The accusation of three newly selected positions was returned by a large jury in September.
The two brothers are the leaders of The new Michoacan familyA Mexican poster who was formally designated by the United States government in February as a “foreign terrorist organization,” authorities said.
“If you contribute to the death of Americans selling poison to our communities, we will work with crisis to find it and take it to justice,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi in a statement.
The State Department offers up to $ 5 million for information that leads to the sentence and/or a sentence of Johnny Hurado Olascoaga and up to $ 3 million for information about José Alfredo Huerado Olascoaga, who is also the name “The Strawberry”. It is believed that both men are in Mexico, authorities said.
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Separately, the United States Treasury announced new sanctions on Wednesday against the two men, as well as two other alleged leaders of the poster, which the United States designates as a “foreign terrorist organization.”
In addition to drug trafficking, the Michoacan family poster has also been involved in extortion, kidnappings and murders, according to US prosecutors.
Last year, a Mexican human rights organization reported that a community in the southern state of Guerrero was attacked by drones and armed men allegedly armed the Michoacan family poster. At least Six people were killed And another 13 injured, said the state prosecutor’s office.
In 2023, the poster is sustained by leaving a Human leg cut Found hanging from a pedestrian bridge just west or in Mexico City. The authorities said the body’s trunk stayed in the street below, near the city center, along with hand -written signs signed by the Michoacan family poster.
The poster “has used drones to leave bombs on its rivals, with total contempt for the civilian population of Mexico,” the United States Treasury Department said Wednesday. “They also terrify local communities through kidnappings, murders and distortion.”
In 2022, a man who identifies me as one of the leaders of the poster Posted a video In social networks affirming that an attack that Killed 20 people In fact, I was aimed at him.